quote from article:
Signs indicate that the settlement wasn't simply deserted over time. Instead, a sudden event caused it to be encased in sand, leaving it hidden for centuries.
"Most probably the site was suddenly flooded, and covered with sand by the nearby river," Sundström said.
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MadSweeny could be right. It could have been covered during the Great Flood. It seems to be what the scientists are speculating from the above dialogue.
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The Norwegian settlement was likely built by people of the Funnel Beaker Culture -- a late Neolithic culture that thrived in northern Europe and Scandinavia between 4,000 B.C. and 2,400 B.C., according to Digital Journal.
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quote: http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v4/i1/noahs_flood.asp
The placing of a catastrophic global flood in the year 2304 BC means that all civilizations discovered by archaeology must fit into the last 4,285 years.